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The Cybertruck's Latest "Innovation": Parts That Self-Eject Elon's $45 billion "unbreakable" metal origami experiment has reached a new milestone: every single

The Cybertruck's Latest "Innovation": Parts That Self-Eject Elon's $45 billion "unbreakable" metal origami experiment has reached a new milestone: every single one requires a recall because the roof trim is attempting to escape its dystopian design. The "cant rail" panels—appropriately named since they literally "can't" stay attached—are secured with what appears to be the same adhesive used on Post-it notes, but with less staying power. Tesla's cutting-edge solution? Actually using nuts and bolts like every other manufacturer from the last century. Revolutionary! Nothing showcases disruptive innovation like hastily welding studs onto your "production-ready" vehicle because the original engineering approach involved hoping really hard that glue would work. This eighth recall establishes the Cybertruck as Tesla's most consistent product—consistently recalled, that is. While traditional automakers waste time on extensive testing, Tesla boldly pioneers the "let customers discover the flaws" approach to quality control. The timing couldn't be better, as owners were just mastering the art of pretending not to notice parts of their $100,000+ "future of transportation" littering highways behind them. At least the obscene gestures from passing motorists provide some entertainment while waiting for service appointments. Perhaps next time, instead of launching cars into space, someone might suggest testing whether they can survive Earth's hostile environment—like air, roads, and reality.

billy99k 2y ago
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- sundaeofshock 2y ago
  Please provide evidence of Democratic politicians cheering on the murder of Cybertruck drivers.
  - JohnFen 2y ago
    Or of people trying to murder them.
  - op7 2y ago
    Not 100% sure this counts but I noticed that yesterday Reddit.com, on a default signed-out profile, was recommending me a /r/ "Cyberstuck" subreddit via the front page which was actively condoning and encouraging violence against teslas. Given that tens of millions of people view the front page daily, that could probably reasonably be construed as mass inciting of violence, and Reddit is well known to be a primarily Democratic instituion.
    - sofixa 2y ago
      > was actively condoning and encouraging violence against teslas > Violence is often defined as the use of physical force or power by humans to cause harm and degradation to other living beings, such as humiliation, pain, injury, disablement, damage to property and ultimately death, as well as destruction to a society's living environment. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation You can't be violent against cars. You can vandalise them, which is a crime against property, but that's still not violence. > Reddit is well known to be a primarily Democratic instituion. I'm sorry, but you've been woefully misinformed. Reddit is mostly young, and thus socially progressive. Any relation to the US Democratic party is completely by accident, and in fact, I've seen tons of criticism towards them for going the wrong way (trying to entice "centrist Republicans" instead of being more progressive).
      - op7 2y ago
        Your own definition of violence includes damages to property. And besides, damaging someone’s personal property is effectively the same thing as damaging their person. Because property takes time out of a persons life to earn, therefore depriving someone of their property is almost exactly the same thing as depriving them of their life / health.
        sundaeofshock 2y ago
        That’s lovely. So, where is your evidence that Democratic politicians are cheering on the murder of Cybertruck owners? That was the claim you made in your flagged post. Time to put up or shut-up.
- bigyabai 2y ago
  Owning a Cybertruck is a death sentence with or without liberals wishing you dead: https://sfist.com/2025/03/11/testimony-reveals-doors-would-not-open-on-cybertruck-that-caught-fire-in-piedmont-killing-three/ https://sfist.com/2025/03/11/testimony-reveals-doors-would-n... Remember Elon with the bowling ball? Yeah, I'd be afraid of any motorcyclist with a bag of pennies in their pocket.
  - ben_w 2y ago
    Link 404s, try this: https://sfist.com/2025/03/11/testimony-reveals-doors-would-not-open-on-cybertruck-that-caught-fire-in-piedmont-killing-three/ https://sfist.com/2025/03/11/testimony-reveals-doors-would-n...
ezekg 2y ago
Better to find defects on Earth than on Mars.
- ben_w 2y ago
  When it was announced, it had vibes of being a car meant for Mars (or the Moon); but there's so much wrong with it in practice, that whoever does eventually build bases on those bodies* will better off starting from scratch. * I now only give 70% odds of Starship getting to Mars ever, including one-way test flights that crash rather than landing correctly: if SpaceX can't launch to Mars before Trump stops being president, they more than likely never will — I think Musk will be directly told by the sucessor that he's no longer allowed to work on rockets, or any government contracts, due to being seen as a security risk. And without Musk, why bother with Mars?
janice1999 2y ago
As an engineer I would be genuinely interested in a comprehensive "lessons learned" from the Cybertruck. I'd love to see how far you can diverge from standard processes/design and how much you must undo in order to fix the problems that creates. Could there be a reliable Cybertruck 2? What would it need to sacrifice from its odd design to accomplish that (drop the gigacast frame? 2 windscreen wipers? etc).
rascul 2y ago
> Tesla's cutting-edge solution? Actually using nuts and bolts like every other manufacturer from the last century. Many other manufacturers secure some exterior trim pieces with glue or tape.
- xethos 2y ago
  Hell, the fog light body panels on my partner's Audi Q5 was press-fit. We found out it was held in with a couple plastic tabs after it went missing (presumed stolen) and we had to replace it. Even better, should it ever fly off, the plastic covering would do less damage than the Cybertruck's heavy steel body panels.
  - 7e 2y ago
    Plastic tabs are much better than glue.
- vel0city 2y ago
  What other manufacturers glue large steel panels on the sides of their car? Sure, some other car makers use glue and tape to adhere some parts of the car together. Usually things like plastic trim pieces, not large steel panels.
  - rascul 2y ago
    It's a long steel trim piece. Calling it a large panel seems misleading. Similar (but not as long, as far as I know) pieces are glued by other manufacturers but they are plastic.
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cozzyd 2y ago
Beyond the environment

billy99k 2y ago

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sundaeofshock 2y ago
Please provide evidence of Democratic politicians cheering on the murder of Cybertruck drivers.
- JohnFen 2y ago
  Or of people trying to murder them.
- op7 2y ago
  Not 100% sure this counts but I noticed that yesterday Reddit.com, on a default signed-out profile, was recommending me a /r/ "Cyberstuck" subreddit via the front page which was actively condoning and encouraging violence against teslas. Given that tens of millions of people view the front page daily, that could probably reasonably be construed as mass inciting of violence, and Reddit is well known to be a primarily Democratic instituion.
  - sofixa 2y ago
    > was actively condoning and encouraging violence against teslas > Violence is often defined as the use of physical force or power by humans to cause harm and degradation to other living beings, such as humiliation, pain, injury, disablement, damage to property and ultimately death, as well as destruction to a society's living environment. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation You can't be violent against cars. You can vandalise them, which is a crime against property, but that's still not violence. > Reddit is well known to be a primarily Democratic instituion. I'm sorry, but you've been woefully misinformed. Reddit is mostly young, and thus socially progressive. Any relation to the US Democratic party is completely by accident, and in fact, I've seen tons of criticism towards them for going the wrong way (trying to entice "centrist Republicans" instead of being more progressive).
    - op7 2y ago
      Your own definition of violence includes damages to property. And besides, damaging someone’s personal property is effectively the same thing as damaging their person. Because property takes time out of a persons life to earn, therefore depriving someone of their property is almost exactly the same thing as depriving them of their life / health.
      - sundaeofshock 2y ago
        That’s lovely. So, where is your evidence that Democratic politicians are cheering on the murder of Cybertruck owners? That was the claim you made in your flagged post. Time to put up or shut-up.
bigyabai 2y ago
Owning a Cybertruck is a death sentence with or without liberals wishing you dead: https://sfist.com/2025/03/11/testimony-reveals-doors-would-not-open-on-cybertruck-that-caught-fire-in-piedmont-killing-three/ https://sfist.com/2025/03/11/testimony-reveals-doors-would-n... Remember Elon with the bowling ball? Yeah, I'd be afraid of any motorcyclist with a bag of pennies in their pocket.
- ben_w 2y ago
  Link 404s, try this: https://sfist.com/2025/03/11/testimony-reveals-doors-would-not-open-on-cybertruck-that-caught-fire-in-piedmont-killing-three/ https://sfist.com/2025/03/11/testimony-reveals-doors-would-n...

ezekg 2y ago

Better to find defects on Earth than on Mars.

ben_w 2y ago
When it was announced, it had vibes of being a car meant for Mars (or the Moon); but there's so much wrong with it in practice, that whoever does eventually build bases on those bodies* will better off starting from scratch. * I now only give 70% odds of Starship getting to Mars ever, including one-way test flights that crash rather than landing correctly: if SpaceX can't launch to Mars before Trump stops being president, they more than likely never will — I think Musk will be directly told by the sucessor that he's no longer allowed to work on rockets, or any government contracts, due to being seen as a security risk. And without Musk, why bother with Mars?

janice1999 2y ago

As an engineer I would be genuinely interested in a comprehensive "lessons learned" from the Cybertruck. I'd love to see how far you can diverge from standard processes/design and how much you must undo in order to fix the problems that creates. Could there be a reliable Cybertruck 2? What would it need to sacrifice from its odd design to accomplish that (drop the gigacast frame? 2 windscreen wipers? etc).

rascul 2y ago

> Tesla's cutting-edge solution? Actually using nuts and bolts like every other manufacturer from the last century. Many other manufacturers secure some exterior trim pieces with glue or tape.

xethos 2y ago
Hell, the fog light body panels on my partner's Audi Q5 was press-fit. We found out it was held in with a couple plastic tabs after it went missing (presumed stolen) and we had to replace it. Even better, should it ever fly off, the plastic covering would do less damage than the Cybertruck's heavy steel body panels.
- 7e 2y ago
  Plastic tabs are much better than glue.
vel0city 2y ago
What other manufacturers glue large steel panels on the sides of their car? Sure, some other car makers use glue and tape to adhere some parts of the car together. Usually things like plastic trim pieces, not large steel panels.
- rascul 2y ago
  It's a long steel trim piece. Calling it a large panel seems misleading. Similar (but not as long, as far as I know) pieces are glued by other manufacturers but they are plastic.

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cozzyd 2y ago

Beyond the environment